The equinox is a fascinating astronomical event that occurs twice a year when the Earth's axis aligns in such a manner that both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive equal sunlight. This ...

SpaceX's mission to launch the first astronauts into polar orbit is quickly approaching.

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

Saturn's rings tilt out of view every fourteen to seventeen Earth years. In 2032, they will be at their best again during ...

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a vanishing ...

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (finally). But have you heard the myth about ...

New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

(AP) - Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Researchers at the Massachusetts ...

IN the modern age, it's hard to imagine that there's anywhere on Earth that we haven't fully explored. But there are surprisingly large chunks of Earth that civilisation has yet to fully probe.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly ten months, may finally return to Earth on March 16, according to ...

The Earth orbits the sun, at a tilt of about 23.5 degrees. This means that different parts of our planet receive more or less of the sun's radiation at various times of the year, depending on our ...

The Earth's axis tilts approximately 23.5 degrees on its axis, according to National Geographic. Because of this tilt, there are times when parts of our planet tilt toward the sun and other ...